Comments on: It’s Okay, Catholics – The President Just Declared Religious Freedom Dayhttp://www.catholicvote.org/its-okay-catholics-the-president-just-declared-religious-freedom-day/
Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:11:21 +0000hourly1By: Marc Chttp://www.catholicvote.org/its-okay-catholics-the-president-just-declared-religious-freedom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-103196
Marc CThu, 24 Jan 2013 07:37:00 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=41089#comment-103196I’m new to this site, and already I am finding word associations are fun! Let me try: I think heterosexual, gay, and pedophile are words that are similar, because they define a type of sexual orientation or preference. I think that words like black, white, and American Indian are similar, because we tend to call those “races”. I admit I am a simple-minded fellow, not an intellectual like some of you. So to keep it simple and understandable to me and people like me, I suggest we keep similar words together for discussion. For example, we can change “gay” to “heterosexual”. Heterosexual rights. That sounds OK. Now let’s go the other way and change “gay” to “pedophile”. Sounds different now. What I see is that the Church has figured out pedophiles can be very harmful. What if the US government decided that pedophiles are a protected “class” who should enjoy “equal rights”, and that the Church could not deny employment to a pedophile who wanted to be a priest or a teacher? What if the US Government decided that convicted felons should enjoy “equal rights”. Would we let them out of jail (freedom) and give them back their guns (rights available to non-convicted felons). Pardon me if I am getting some of this wrong, I am a simple-minded person.
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Marvin DerksTue, 22 Jan 2013 12:25:00 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=41089#comment-102966You have a wonderful way of putting down those who disagree with you and pretending that you’re not condescending. By the way, what exactly is a perfect idiot?
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PaulsprMon, 21 Jan 2013 17:25:00 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=41089#comment-102896Running a few charities does not give one license to promote bigotry and prejudice against a minority. Jesus taught us to care for others, not to come onto websites and hurl proverbial stones at them and their families.

When you could be caring for others, here you are, arguing that our civil laws should harm them.

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abadillaMon, 21 Jan 2013 17:20:00 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=41089#comment-102893Paul, don’t play the race card the way you have played the “equality” card because Black people can’t change their skin color and it is wrong to discriminate against them. On the other hand, gay people can choose to act on their sexual orientation or not.
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chris scanlanMon, 21 Jan 2013 17:18:00 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=41089#comment-102891Those were my thoughts exactly, except not quite so elegant. I stopped reading after the 1st two sentences because it was quite obvious that there was an agenda. It is written to be propaganda, not an objective report…which would have been preferred and much more credible.
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abadillaMon, 21 Jan 2013 17:17:00 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=41089#comment-102889Yes, Joe, but to Paul and company what the Church teaches is “bigotry” and the government goons are supposed to make it all right by attacking religious freedom, but, of course, to the government is not not attacking religious freedom. To the governement, it means to make a path for total equality.
]]>By: abadillahttp://www.catholicvote.org/its-okay-catholics-the-president-just-declared-religious-freedom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-102886
abadillaMon, 21 Jan 2013 17:13:00 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=41089#comment-102886Paul,

“out of prejudice.”

Of course, there is no other possible reason the Church would deny gays adoptions, right?

]]>By: abadillahttp://www.catholicvote.org/its-okay-catholics-the-president-just-declared-religious-freedom-day/comment-page-1/#comment-102883
abadillaMon, 21 Jan 2013 17:11:00 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=41089#comment-102883“And I thank you for your condescending remark.” Well, that’s the only one Greg B,and Paul, and Marvin use. They see us as perfect idiots who dare to believe the moral teachings of our Church. If we were just to have a brain, we would see the light of day.
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abadillaMon, 21 Jan 2013 17:07:00 +0000http://www.catholicvote.org/discuss/index.php?p=41089#comment-102881Chris,

And I didn’t get it. Go in there and if you believe that version of events, you won’t be able to love the Church. There is no difference on that website between the KKK and the Catholic Church.

I went to the source and the headline is this, “The Roman Catholic Hierarchy’s Devotion to Fighting Marriage Equality’ I asked for a credible source and instead I get the most hateful propaganda I have ever read about Catholicism and an-all-out-attack on the Knights of Columbus because they dare follow church teaching. No wonder “dialogue” between the R.C.C. and the homosexual lobby is nearly impossible.